After waiting on the remaining parts to arrive from K-Var, I have completed my rifle:
It started out with Black poly furniture, but being a more traditionalist, I wanted the soviet wood. I also thought I would like the BHO, but have since changed my mind. Grip is a shiny plum from K-Var.
This rifle, in order to operate with any of my 4 E. German magazines, absolutely needed the bullet guide.
Since then, it's had about 500 rounds through it without any issue. The bullet guide really wasn't a big deal to install, and was a lot simpler than I had anticipated.
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